QinetiQ and Crown Develop Item Containers With Antenna-less RFID Tags
The companies say the tags harvest power from the container itself, making them resistant to interference from adjacent liquids and metals.
Lantech Offers RFID-Enabled Stretch-Wrapper
With Symbol’s RD5000 mobile reader mounted on the film-delivery system, companies can interrogate Gen 2 EPC tags while applying stretch-wrap to a pallet.
Fiat Shows How RFID Could Help Recycle Car Parts
The Fiat-designed test system, part of the EC-funded PROMISE project, tracks components using an RFID-enabled computer built into a vehicle.
Smart Dust Innovator Targets RFID
A key innovator of so-called smart dust has returned to the lab to extend the technology’s capabilities into the RFID realm. UC Berkeley professor Kristofer Pister believes potential enhancements in meshed sensor networks could fulfill RFID’s promise of asset visibility.
RFID-Enabling the World’s Packaging Infrastructure
A visit to PackExpo shows that we still have a long way to go before RFID will be embedded in product packaging.
RFID Is the Alaska Gas Pipeline’s Strongest Link
A construction project this huge, and in such a hostile environment, faces some unique challenges, which RFID can help address.
RFID Contains Solution to Chinese Shipping Problems
China International Marine Containers recently launched an RFID pilot to track containers from its factory to the storage yard.
RFID Is Going to Bring Material Changes
Everything from pallets to shopping carts is likely to be redesigned with RF-friendly materials in the coming years.
RFID Is Going to Bring Material Changes
Everything from pallets to shopping carts is likely to be redesigned with RF-friendly materials in the coming years.
RFID News Roundup
ILS announces compliance starter kits; RF Technologies, Emergin partnering to simplify wireless alerts; aerospace market ready for takeoff, says ABI; Ingenico integrates reader into payment PIN pad; ACG announces new RFID reader for fare collection; Ekahau raises $16 million in 2006.